Most people cannot trade cryptocurrencies like a professional. Kraken believes artificial intelligence can close that gap. The company is betting big on an AI that acts as a personal trading assistant. It wants to turn everyday users into active traders, even when markets are falling.
Kraken is thoroughly redesigning its mobile app, placing a new AI system at its core. This AI can take simple instructions - in plain English - and then decide when to buy, sell, or hold assets. It can also execute those trades automatically, but only after the customer explicitly confirms each decision.
"In this new world, there's an opportunity for everyday people to become high-frequency traders and do so using plain English by just talking to their well informed best friend," said Kamo Asatryan, Kraken's chief data officer.
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The cryptocurrency market is in a prolonged bear market. Companies in this space often use slow periods to focus on innovation. Kraken is no exception.
Kraken thinks its AI will allow ordinary users to react to market shifts just as professional traders do. Even in down markets, pro traders remain highly active.
The prolonged bear market, which has seen crypto prices slump for over a year, has historically been a period when exchanges invest in new features. Kraken's AI assistant is designed to keep retail traders active by automating complex strategies, a capability usually reserved for institutional investors. By learning user preferences and market patterns, the assistant aims to make active trading accessible to anyone.
Kraken is part of a broader trend in the industry moving toward AI-driven crypto services. Competitors like Coinbase and Gemini have lately rolled out AI-assisted trading features and developer tools. Kraken's approach is to make the AI feel like a well-informed best friend who knows the user's goals and can help navigate options without the user needing to become an expert.
Kraken plans to evolve beyond an exchange into a full financial services platform across payments, banking, and lending. According to Kraken, the AI will make all these services incredibly easy for everyone to use.
The AI assistant is designed to handle nuanced instructions. For example, a user could say, "Sell my Ether if it drops below $1,500, but only if Bitcoin hasn't crashed by more than 10% that day." The assistant would parse the request, monitor the markets, and present a confirmation prompt before executing. This approach aims to bridge the gap between sophisticated trading strategies and everyday language, encouraging users to stay engaged even when prices are falling.
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